Word.ws English Dictionary

prequantal

prequantal adjective: prior to the introduction of quantum theory.

Adjective

prequantal (not comparable)

  1. Prior to the introduction of quantum theory.
    • This assertion epitomizes the Copenhagen Interpretation and clearly contradicts the epistemology of prequantal science.2013, M. Bunge, Quantum Theory and Reality
    • We shall then reexamine stability of Ellis and phantom wormholes from the viewpoint of local and asymptotic observers by using a completely different approach, viz., we adapt Tangherlini's nondeterministic, prequantal statistical simulation about photon motion in the real optical medium to an...2016, Kamal K. Nandi, Alexander A. Potapov, Ramil Izmailov, Amarjit Tamang, James C. Evans, “Stability and instability of Ellis and phantom wormholes: Are there ghosts?”, in Phys. Rev. D, volume...

Origin of prequantal

From pre- + quantal.

Questions about prequantal

What does prequantal mean?
Prequantal means prior to the introduction of quantum theory.
What part of speech is prequantal?
Prequantal is an adjective.

Words near prequantal in the dictionary

  1. prequalifier
  2. prequalifiers
  3. prequalifies
  4. prequalify
  5. prequalifying
  6. prequantal
  7. prequantified
  8. prequantizable
  9. prequantization
  10. prequantizations
  11. prequantized

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: prequantal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “prequantal.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/prequantal. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.